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Patented Peb'. 26, 1867.

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CHARLES C. CROSMAN, OF PORTLAND. MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 62,481, dated February 2b, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-NET GEAR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, CHARLES C. CROSAIAN, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Fishing Gear; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,"clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others to make and use my invention, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this specification, and forming:r part of the same, in which Figure 1 shows a side elevation oi' a vessel with my gear attached.

Figure 2, an end elevation of the same.

The same letters referto like parts in each of the figures.

My invention consists of a net attachedto the side of e vessel by means of booms, lanyards, and hooks. as hereafter fulhy described.

A B show two booms projecting horizontally from the side of avessel at right vangles to'the vessel's side, arid secured thereto by hooks and staples, seen at a. Secured to these booms are the lines b b, the side stays c c, and the cross-stay d. By means of the lines bb the booms.can be raised up to a vertical position andlow ered again.A By the comb ned operation of the side stays c c and the cross-stay d the booms, when lowered by the lines b l, are held in 'the position shown in fig. 1. The cross-stay d stretches from the outer end of one boom to the outer end of 'the other. The lines b L pass through blocks or sheaves, e, on the masts, then down by the side of the masts, and are belayed near the bottom thereof` as seen in the drawing. The side stays are mede fast tan-rncv vessels rail. A net, such as is hereinafter slescribed,`s suspended trom the booms A B by the lnnynrdsff, z li, and from the vessels side by means of the hooks z't't'. The net is composed of two p0rtions: first, the bag portion C, the month of which is held open when desired by the four rods J, J' J', and second, the part which I call the angc, denoted at D. On the edge of that partpf the flange which touches 'the side of the vessel, and which is held by the hooks z'z'z'z'z', are two other lenyards, k. These are secured at the two outer of the hooks, z' t', pass through 'the loops on the edge of the flange, as illustrated in the drawing,- through the rings m, and are then made fast to belaying pins on the'vessels rail. These are employed to haul up the gore or corner of thc flange. The use of the lanyards i is to haul the mouth of the bag portion of tho net up to the booms A B; that of the lanyardsfis to effect the same object with the outside part of the flange, which part has a rod, n, to hold it spread out and to enable it to be raised evenly throughout its whole length. The lanyards lc are employed to haul the corners and side portions of the ilange up to the same height with the booms, or up to the rings m., so that by the combined operation ofthe lanyardsfand ,7c the flange can,be hauled up to the booms all around. pshows a lineittached to the centre of the bottom of the bag portion of the net on the inside. This is employed to turn the net inside ont in order to deposit its contents on the vessels deck or in any desired place. I i

Having thus indicated the different portions ofmy invention and made briefreference to the uses and objects thereof, I will now proceed to illustrate more fully the operation of the Whole together. The iange D v is attached to the vessel's side, at or near the water line, and may be of any suitable width, so as to sink the top of the not beneath the water'as far as necessary. The net attached to the hooks z' and suspended from the y booins, as described, is suffered to rest in the water with the flanges hanging 4down on three sides thereof, as illustrated in the drawing; When the fish have entered the bag portion of the net, C, and it is desired to haul the same on board the vessel, this is accomplished kas follows: the llange D is first drawn up to the booms, or to the surface of the water, by the lanyards f and k, as heretofore described, thus preventing the escape of the sh from the net. The outer side of the mouth of the bag portion is then drawn up to the booms by the land yards It. All the lanyards being made fast as before indicated, the booms are next raised to a vertical position at the side of the' vessel by means of the lanyards b, and these are then belayed, as before specied, near the bottom of the masts. The contents of the not are then emptied on deck by turning the bag inside out by pull-- ing on the line p. The two rods J J on the mouth of the bag portion can be unhookcd at ses s with a view to convenicnce'in folding the not. teversing this operation will again place the net in thc water at the side of the vessel. The two lanyards b may be operatori on a. single mast, as well as on two, by having a block with two trucksv attached in the saine manner as the blocks are in the case of two masts; or by having two blocks attached to a single mast.

I am aware'of the issue of Letters Patent to Benjamin Merritt, j r., June 29, 1858, ond numbered No. 20,725. In this invention the net hesno flange; the hauling tackle is dii'erently arranged, applied, and operated; the 'net has no emptying line, p; the net is immediately attached to the booms, which are arranged to move laterally; and the combination ofthe net with the side of the vessel, and its operation therewith, are different from that in my invention.

I do not claim combining e net, such as is described in the seid Merritts specification, with the hull of a vessel, so as-to operate as therein described, neither do I claim spreading the net by two booms, two sprits, and two sets of hauling tackle. In my invention the net is spread by the rods JJ J J. Neither do I claim o, brailing line and lifting tackle combined with n net, such es is therein described; but what I do claim, and desire t0 secure by Letters' Patent, is v The flange D, in combination with endwhen attached to the net or beg C, suspended end operated in the manner herein described :is and for the purposes set forth.

CHARLES C. CROSMAN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. CLIFFORD, HENRY C. HOUSTON. 

